Hook and eye.



J. L'BAUMGARTNER.

v HOOK AND BYE. APPLICATION FILED 1'33. 27 1908.

Patented 001;. 6, 1908.

. JOSEPH P. BAUMGARTNER, or; PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification e f-Letters Patent.

Hook AND EYE.

Patented Oct. e, 1908.

" Application filed remain, 1906. Serial No. 303,175.

To all whom it may 6 in the city and county of'Phil'adelphia, State of.Pennsylv'ania, have invented a new and useful Hook and Eye',flof whichthe follow ing is a specification.

Myinventionrelates rtO new and useful. hooks and eyes and cons sts inprovid ng means for attaching the hook and eye to a garment or desiredmaterials V It further consists in providing a locking point where thehook or eye engage with the garment or material whereby'the'sanie willbe held in position. 1 I

It further consists in providing means for engagement with the garmentor material on each side ofthe locking point.

It further consists of other novel details of be hereafter fully setconstruction all as will forth. 1 l r v Figures 1,2, 3 andv 4c'representdifferent forms of eyes showing thesamemeans for fastening the sametothe garment. ".Fig. 5: represents a hook which may beemployed in.conjunction with the eyes. Fig; Grepresents in elevation, a piece ofmaterial .with 'the hooks and eyes in position from ,thefront'. Fig. 7represents a perspectiveview showing the inner portion of the hook inposition on the garment. Fig. 8 represents an enlarged view showing ahook and ieye inposition with the material partly broken away. w y

7 Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings 1- -designates :an eye embodying 'my inventionpreferably;

formed of wire, the sameconsisting'of the loop or eye proper 2, the:sides of which are drawn towards'each other and substantially abut asat 3,. froinlwhich point thelocking eyes or looking points land 5 areformedlby curving the wirearound outwardly and forwardly towards thesides of the loop 2 form ing the passageways 7f .therebetween' and: thenbending the same-rearwardly asati'7.

formingthe arms 6,the said portions 7, of

which,form abutting edges,as wiI-Ibe here inafter described. Each of-the arms Gearwhich are substantially straight, one of said pins 8 beingshorter than the'other.

The constructions abo'vedescribed is clearly shown in Fig. l and in Fig.the same coni I i struction is followed as far as locking points Be itknown that I, Josnrrr P. BAUMeAnn NEH, a citizen of the United. States,residing or eyes 4% and 5 are concerned and also the abutting edges 7and pins 8 and 9, the

difference being, that in Fig. 2, the loop proper ldis of triangularshape but forms the passageways 7 as before.

In F 3 the construction differs in that theloopproper 11 is triangularand has the which are substantiallyparallel and which are curvedoutwardly and then forwardly In the construction shown in Fig. 4; I havemade a different for inof loop proper lt. but with the other featuresthe same as heretofore described.

"In Fig. 51 show the same features employed in connection with the hook.'In this construction it will be seen that the same pins 8 and 9 areused for the initial piercing of the material, theside members 6 being atrifle larger than heretofore shown but the locking points or. eyes 4and 5 being formed as already described. t

The method of fasteningthe eye or the hook to the material at the placeat which it .is desired is as follows, the material is first material oruntil thedistance between the end of pin 8 and the opening in the ma- Iterial caused by the insertion of arm 9, substantially corresponds withthe space between the two locking points 4 and 5, where the material is'ultimately to lie. The

shorterofthe two arms 8 is forced into the 'material'and the material isthen drawn foraward over the arms or members 6 and over until it issituated in the locking eye or point 4, that is ontheside which has theshortest point'8. The material is then relaxed from strainand the, pin8, the arm 6 and the portion 7 is on the opposite side of the materialfrom the eye 2. e The material is then forced over, the other arm 6 andother rounded or abutting point 7. into the locking eye or point .5 sothat the loop 2 will, from the front, be in-the position as seen in Fig.6, while the ,other portion'of the eye will be upon the oprearwardly.extending members 12 and 13 posite side of the material, as seen in Fig.7, the whole being firmly held in position. The eyes or locking pointsengage the material and the material will be grasped between the inneredges or sides of each rounded portion 7 and the contiguous portion ofthe loop 2 where the inner curve-of part 7 and the sides of the loopcome almost in contact.

The above description will also apply to the means or manner ofinserting the hook in the material which will likewise also be heldfirmly in position. As seen in Fig. (3 the eye is attached to thematerial close to the edge thereof in order that the loop proper 2projects sufficiently beyond the material for ease of engagement withthe hook and when the parts are in position the rounded portions orabutting edges '7 will be situated adjacent to and abutting against thehem or turned up edge of the material and assist in taking some of thestrain from the locking eye or points 4t and 5. In addition by stitchingalong the material adjacent the pins 8 and 9, as at 17, the parts willbe still more firmly held in position.

In Figs. 6 and 8 I have shown clearly the stitching 17 in the materialadjacent the pins 8 and 9, it being seen with respect to the eye I thatas before stated, the abutting points 7 are so situated as to contactwith the bend in the material made to form the hem and when thestitching 17 is made the eye is substantially in a pocket as will beseen.

With respect to the hook it will be noted that the same is situated asullicient distance from the edge of the material to form a lap when thetwo sides of the material. are brought together and the hook and eye arejoined. In this instance I stitch the material as at 18 adjacent theabutting points 7, the effect of which being that the hook issubstantially in a pocket formed by the stitching 17 and 18, the etleetof which is evident.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a

member of a hook and eye fastener having r locking eyes and passage waysto the locking eyes in which the material is adapted to be grasped, andoverlapping attaching pins.

2. In a device of the character described, a member of a hook and eyefastener, locking eyes therefor, and pins extending in oppositedirections and overlapping for piercing the material.

JOSEPH P. IUXUMGAR'INER. \Vitnesses JOHN A. lVncnnnsnnm,

C. D. McVAY.

